Tagged: Barack Obama

U.S. president Donald Trump is taking steps to repeal his predecessor’s climate policy measures as part of his efforts to promote the use of oil, gas and “beautiful, clean coal”. His energy ministry plans...

US president Barack Obama has further cemented his often-controversial environmental legacy by preserving two environmentally sensitive sites in the desert wilderness of the American West, both of which have long been fought over. John...

US president Barack Obama and the Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau have jointly declared a sweeping ban on offshore drilling in the Arctic. Many believe the move was designed to thwart the pro-fossil fuels...

Peabody Energy, the biggest coal company in the US, announced that it might file for bankruptcy. Many other coal companies have recently been swallowed up by a wave of bankruptcies. Declining coal prices and...

US president Barack Obama wants to take advantage of low fuel pries by levying an oil tax to protect the environment and invest in infrastructure. Republicans and the oil industry want to block this....

Last Friday President Barack Obama announced measures to overhaul coal mining on public lands in the United States, including a freeze on new coal leases and higher royalty rates to compensate for the environmental...

Royal Dutch Shell is abandoning a massive drilling project in the oil sands region of Western Canada. Shell said that low oil prices are to blame, but environmentalists believe their protests also played a...

President Obama has taken historic action on climate change. The Clean Power Plan will cut carbon pollution from the power sector by 870 million tonnes, announced the United States Environmental Protection Agency. The Obama...

Genetically modified food is becoming more controversial in the US. The Obama administration now wants to revamp the regulations for labeling genetically modified food. More transparency in the food systems is needed, as John...

The United States and China announced at last week’s UN Climate Summit their commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Obama conceded that the American economy has played a significant role in global warming. John...

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Peter E. Merian used to be Director of the Basler Börse and CEO Bank Sarasin, Board Member of National Zeitung and Basler Nachrichten AG and founding member of the Global Environmental Society.

Lord Anthony St John of Bletso is a qualified solicitor and Member of Board, Rados International. Former Vice President of Business Development of OCRA, consultant to Merrill Lynch, director of WMRC plc and Pecaso Ltd. and Non-Executive Director of Regal Petroleum, Lord Anthony is currently an extra Lord-in-Waiting to HM The Queen. Since 1997 to the present he has sat on the Member of Lords EU Select Committee A. He is a spokesman on African affairs, deregulation, financial services and information technology. President of Friends of South Africaand used to be Iegal advisor for Shell in South Africa.

Dr. Betrand Piccard is wellknown for the first ever non-stop balloon flight around the world. Doctor of psychiatry and psychotherapy, President of Solar Impulse, which aims to fly around the world in a solar driven aircraft without producing any polluting emissions, Bertrand hopes to draw the public’s attention to the inevitable changes needed to ensure our planet’s future energy resources and ecology and to give environmental protection a positive and stimulating image.

Dr. Marcelo Cavalho de Andrade is Doctor of Medicine and non-executive Chairman of Pró-Natura international, the first international environmental organization that manages sustainable development and conservation projects funded by international organizations, governments and the private sector in South and Central America, Africa and Asia. Marcelo has been appointed President of ECA –Earth Counsil Alliance a non-profit organization, created by Maurice Strong.